''The Nurse?" Selio muttered. His usual concerns about random people showing up with these titles and why they kept showing up when they did were put behind him. "Can you heal her? Please, heal her!" Selio demanded. Abigail merely raised her eyebrow and gave him a disapproving look.
"Look, sweet cheeks, I said I could help ya', but I also said it would cost." She stated firmly.
"Fine! How much?" Selio growled, digging through his coin pouch. Abigail leaned over Lucania's pale form and inspected her.
"Hmm, yes. A lot of vitality has been lost, she's at about, oh seventeen percent? That'll be about seventy-five copper, but I see poison is what caused it, that's a bit trickier so that adds on seven and a half silver...so that adds up to about eight silver coins and twenty-five copper coins!" Abigail finished. Selio obediently handed her the coins and watched as she got to work. Abigail pulled out a syringe, and took a sample of the girl's blood. She eyed it closely for a few seconds.
"Ah, I see. Salamander poisoning, I wonder how she happened upon a salamander, they're down in the caverns." Abigail wondered out loud. Selio flinched inwardly, feeling responsible for having sent her down there, and by herself none the less. Abigail reached into a first-aid pack, Selio just having noticed its presence, and pulled out a small case labelled Antidotes and thumbed through the contents. "Here we are. Salamander." She said, injecting the antidote into Lucania. Almost instantly, the color returned to the female adventurer's face. Abigail then pulled out another syringe, filled with a mystical red liquid and injected it into Lucania's arm.
"This'll restore her vitality and heal her wounds, but there will still be a scar left on that arm of hers." Abigail informed him. Selio nodded and looked at her quizzically.
"How were you able to determine what was in her blood by just looking at it like that?" He asked. Abigail turned towards him and flashed him a smile with glowing eyes.
"Trade secret, hun." She said. The Nurse waited there, expectantly, as if she wanted him to say something else. Selio caught her drift and sighed, pulling out his axe.
"I'll start building you a room." He muttered, walking off to a group of trees. "Make sure to watch after her." He said.
"Sure thing, kiddo." She grinned, planting herself in the grass beside Lucania's recovering form.
"No... need." Lucania grunted, pulling herself up from the ground. "I'm not...so fucking...incapable, asshole." She managed to get out as she rubbed her arm. Abigail grinned from the ground.
"Did I not mention that the effects of my healing are basically instant?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders. Selio dropped his axe and charged across the clearing to envelop Lucania in a hug.
"What the hell happened?! I'm sorry I sent you down there alone, we're never doing that again I'm going to implement some sort of buddy system. I'll make a map or something, do you think. there's some sort of tracking technology here? That'd be super helpful. How did you get back anyways, what did you find?!" Selio blurted out. Lucania pushed him off of her with a growl.
"Get off, fuckhead." She commanded, holding back a blush. "I went in too far and didn't realize where I was. Once I had found asylum, there were two skeletons and some sort of lizard that attacked me." She began to explain.
"A salamander." Abigail supplied, as she stared up at the clouds. Lucania eyed their new addition, but said nothing of it otherwise.
"Uh, yeah, a salamander. I guess the salamander poisoned me, everything I found is in the chest and backpack over there, including the mirror that brought me back here." Lucania answered.
"Mirror?" Selio asked nonplussed. Lucania gestured to the chest and Selio wandered over to check it out. A bright look came over his face as he emptied their contents, "How did you even fit so much ore into this backpack! This is amazing! I'll have to look through these potions later, figure out what they may be used for. I can use these better ores for weapons to fight off enemies, and the others to make some better tools." Selio muttered to himself as he examined the various ores, holding up the gold and platinum chunks to compare them side by side. He stood up and grabbed Lucania with a goofy smile plastered on his face. "I'm going to start building the furnace immediately! You're great! Amazing! Astonishing!" He exclaimed before scrambling off while dragging the bag of metal through the grass behind him.
"Wait, Selio!" Lucania called. Selio stopped in his tracks and abruptly turned around, nearly knocking himself over.
"Yeah, what's up?" Selio asked. Lucania trudged across the 'yard' and hefted up her newly acquired sword of bone.
"Don't worry about making me a sword, I found this baby right here," Lucania smirked, leaning on the sword cockily. Selio looked at the sword and raised an eyebrow, impressed.
"Any other requests then?" Selio asked.
"Yeah, actually," Lucania grinned, gesturing to the bag of ore. "I happen to think that I'm pretty good at this whole mining business."
"You nearly died." Selio deadpanned.
"That's beside the point," Lucania complained causing Selio to frown, "The point is I want you to make me a spiffy new pickaxe." Selio snorted and rolled his eyes before grabbing onto the bag and heading towards his room. Lucania grinned and tore her new sword free from the ground, swinging it around to get used to its weight. She looked over to see a shit eating grin smacked right onto Abigail's face.
"What the hell are you smiling at?" Lucania remarked snidely. Abigail merely shrugged, still donning the grin.
"So, what's going on between you and Dorky McSilver Hair, huh?" Abigail asked. Lucania managed to blush and hold a sneer at the same time.
"What the fuck you talking about?" Lucania asked, planting her sword in the ground dangerously close to their new resident. Abigail didn't even flinch.
"Well, I don't know. He seemed pretty worried about you when you popped up out of the blue half dead." Abigail explained, her voice light and airy, almost mocking. Lucania didn't particularly like her tone.
"He did?" Lucania asked, cursing at herself for even responding, "I mean, of course he did. We're comrades, it wouldn't be beneficial to him if I were to kick the bucket." Lucania explained, rather professionally if she did say so herself. Abigail, however, was buying none of it.
"Oh, sure honey, if you think so, but how about how you feel about him? You seemed pretty tense around him." Abigail smirked.
"I thought you were a nurse, not a fucking matchmaker." Lucania growled, slowly retrieving her sword from the ground. Abigail still wasn't intimidated, in fact she pushed herself off of the ground and walked over to Lucania, poking her in the chest.
"I just call it as I see it, honey," She whispered seductively, her voice and proximity making Lucania incredibly uncomfortable. Abigail pivoted around and sauntered away towards their 'apartment building'. Lucania wondered for a moment exactly how the Nurse had managed to spin around on her heel while wearing heels. Then she snatched her sword up and stormed over to a tree in a huff, repeatedly hacking at it in frustration.
The next week passed by with no complications, or perhaps one complication. Frederick had decided to place his hand on Abigail's bottom. Abigail then decided to place her nose in Frederick's face and refused to heal it. No more of that continued.
Selio finished all of his projects. Abigail's room had been constructed quickly, within that first night she came. Selio had used the iron and lead ore to craft himself and Lucania some armor, it might not have been the strongest metal they had, but they had the most of it. He used the silver and tungsten ore to make some new tools, an axe and pickaxe for himself, just an axe for Lucania, leaving some tungsten left over. He used the gold to make himself a new sword, and crafted a platinum pickaxe for Lucania to which she replied:
"Wow, you finally did something useful with your life!" To which Selio snarked back.
"Maybe you can use it to dig yourself out a new personality." That had earned Selio a kick to the shin.
Currently, he and Lucania were out in the yard, sparring. The armor they wore was the same in every way except the material it was produced from, greaves, chainmail, and helmets. Lucania in lead, Selio in iron. Sweat beaded Selio's forehead, he wearily held his recently crafted gold broadsword in front of him. Lucania grinned at him cockily, her bone sword held firmly within her grasp. Her pony tail had come loose and strands of her hair clung to her face.
"You know, you could just give up now." Lucania mocked. She had the upper hand, her bone sword was stronger than gold, and she seemed to innately be better at combat.
"As if." Selio sneered back. He charged at her, swinging his broadsword at her legs. Before they started sparring Selio had asked Abigail what the extent of her healing capabilities were. She simply informed him that she couldn't heal them if they were dead. Lucania thrust her sword down, blocking Selio's attack, and swung her blade upwards catching Selio in the jaw. Blood seeped from a small cut it had made along his jaw. He ignored it and jumped back, running around towards her right side and slashed at her. She rolled underneath of his blade, and swept his feet out from underneath him. Lucania placed her knee on Selio's sternum.
"Guess I win." She smirked. Selio looked to his left, then to his right. He looked back at Lucania and shrugged. Then he quickly grabbed his sword and slammed the pommel into the front of Lucania's forehead, causing her head to shake comically. She fell backwards and groaned, shooting off curses in Selio's direction.
"It's not over until it's over." Selio stated as he got up. Lucania growled and chucked her helmet at Selio's head, sending off a resounding clang as it struck his own. Disoriented, Selio himself fell over, catching himself right over Lucania. Their faces were inches apart, Selio's hair hanging down and tickling her face. They both sat there a moment longer, the blushes on their faces obscured by the shadow Selio cast over them. Lucania eventually decided to push Selio over and go retrieve her helmet.
"Maybe you're not so bad after all." She admitted before walking away to have Abigail heal her up. Selio stayed on the ground, staring up at the light blue sky. Logan walked over and kneeled down next to him.
"So, what was up with that?" He asked.
"Up with what? We were just sparring." Selio replied, picking grass from the ground.
"That thing at the end, I may be asexual but even I could tell there was something going on there." Logan explained, his knees giving out as he laid down in the grass next to his friend.
"You're asexual?" Selio asked. Logan nodded. Selio shrugged and moved back to the point of the conversation, "I don't know man, girls are weird. I remember that much at least from my past life. I called her cute the other day, I mean it was an accident because I was frostbitten and half-asleep, but it wasn't a lie. Then she kicked me in the ribs, what's up with that? There probably isn't even any time for relationships with the predicament we're in, but dude...I just don't know." Selio sighed. Logan patted him on the shoulder. They laid there for a while longer, watching as clouds rolled across the sky.
"So... you don't think girls are cute?" Selio asked.
"Nah, not really." Logan replied.
"Guys?" Selio asked. Logan looked over and studied his friends face.
"No." He stated firmly. Selio snorted.
"What do you think is cute?" Selio asked, semi sarcastically.
"Bunnies are cute." Logan admitted.
"Yeah, man."
They wished night hadn't come, not because they were having such a splendid day, but because this night held more horrors than any before it. Regardless of the temperature or season, the sun in Terraria always set at the same time. 7:30 by Frederick's reckoning, they didn't know how he could tell when even the hoarder of a man didn't own a clock. They just decided to take him at sagely wisdom, which Abigail claimed he had none of. So, at 7:30 was when they all usually decided to head inside. That's what they did tonight as well, until an unwelcomed message burst into Selio and Lucania's head.
The Blood Moon is rising...
It was the same voice; the same one they had heard on that first god awful day. It wasn't quite so welcoming this time around, however. Selio heard knuckles rapping against his door, much too fast to be a zombie. Grayson was preoccupying himself by playing with fishing wire. Selio cautiously pulled the door open to reveal a frantic Lucania.
"Did you just fucking hear that?!" She all but screeched in his face. Grayson looked over at them, but looked back away figuring Lucania was just yelling at Selio as she always did.
"Yeah, what do you think it means?" Selio asked. Lucania gestured her hands towards the outside.
"Take a fucking look." She growled. Selio stepped outside, and gasped. Fortunately for them, no zombies had gathered around yet, but that wasn't the problem at the moment. The sky and the moon itself were died an eerie crimson.
"What the fuck..." Selio whispered.
"Ask Frederick?" Lucania asked, her bone sword clenched tightly in her hand. Selio nodded frantically.
"Fucking yes, ask Frederick!" Selio yelled, he ran inside and grabbed his sword from his bedside. "Grayson, stay in here!" He yelled. They ran around the building to the door with the wooden sign that had 'Frederick's Neat Stuff' carved into it. Lucania pounded her fist angrily into the door. It swung open to reveal a wide-eyed Frederick with a welcoming grin.
"Ah, my customers! Not even a Blood Moon can stop capitalism, eh?" He laughed heartily. The adventurers stared at him incredulously.
"You know what this is?" Lucania yelled at him. Frederick frowned at her tone.
"Well of course I do. The Blood Moon is nasty business, why did you come to me instead of Logan if you wanted information? Oh, I bet you wanted to buy some wares!" Frederick exclaimed. Lucania and Selio facepalmed and rudely slammed the door in his face before running to Logan's room. Selio grabbed the door knob and slammed the door open.
"Logan, put your dick away! We got questions!" Selio screamed. Logan looked at him quizzically. He had a terrified look etched into his face, eyes wide, face sunken, literally on the edge of his seat.
"We aren't safe in here." Logan whispered.
"What?" Lucania asked. Logan looked up at her, the look in his eyes giving Lucania the chills.
"The Blood Moon emits a strange magic. Zombies are more powerful, more intelligent, more numbers, they can open fucking doors." Selio and Lucania exchanged a look of horror, but Logan wasn't done yet, "There are worse enemies, like fucking powered-up versions of the demon eyes and zombies, however that's fucking possible!" Logan screamed, "Oh and it's got the fucking bunnies!" Logan sobbed, clutching his head. Selio walked forwards and slapped Logan across the face.
"Get it together man, this isn't the time! Grab your bow and get on the fucking roof!" Selio commanded, Logan sat on his bed dazed for a second before he stood up stiffly, grabbed his bow and arrows, and marched out the door. "Go get geared up." He told Lucania, who walked through the door without even a 'don't tell me what to do.' Selio marched back to his room and suited up into his armor, and turning to face a frightened Grayson. "Get on the roof, stay behind Logan, don't ask questions." Grayson put down his fishing wire and scrambled out the door. Selio walked outside to dodge a rabid bunny, colored purple and its teeth dripping with rot and venom.
"Bunnies aren't so fucking cute anymore." Selio growled as he plunged his broadsword into the corrupted abomination. He informed Frederick and Abgail of their situation. Nearly having his eye taken out by a syringe after opening Abigail's door uninvited. This night was going to be a night to remember, and not because they were going to play campfire songs and roast marshmallows. Tonight was a Blood Moon, and Selio was going to make damn sure that no one died.
He jumped up and grabbed onto the edge of the roof, hoisting himself up. They were quite a sad group to look at. Abigail stood atop the roof wearing no shoes and having shed her shirt in favor of a tank-top, she held a syringe dangerously. Frederick stood without his jacket or hat, belts of throwing knives haphazardly wrapped around his torso. Logan, having awoken from an early rest, had his hair standing in every direction, his shirt was unbuttoned, and he was missing a shoe. His arrows were slipped through his belt loops and his bow held loosely. Then there was Grayson, the poor kid didn't deserve to see any of this, but in this case, there was no other choice. He had discarded his vest and dropped his hat, he held a small dagger that look to be a frozen combination of a fish and a dagger, a Frost Daggerfish if you would. He sighed and looked over the group, and then overlooked the horizon where the undead had filed in.
"Logan, you're our lookout, keep an eye on the area, inform us if anything is going astray. Frederick, how accurate are you with those knives?" Selio asked, his usual jovial countenance having transformed into the hard look of a commander. Frederick let loose a cackle, snagging a knife and twirling it around his fingers.
"Young man I wouldn't have brought 'em out here if I didn't know how to use 'em!" He grinned. To demonstrate, he threw one straight into a demon eye's pupil, causing it to spiral out of the air and take one of its brethren down with it. Selio nodded, impressed.
"You and Logan watch the skies, shoot down whatever you can." He turned towards Abigail, "Are you able to defend yourself?" She gave him a look that said Are you fucking kidding me? And help up syringes filled with poison. Selio nodded, and held up a hand in apology, "We'll need you on healing duty as well, try to stay out of the action, only fight if you absolutely have to." Abigail grunted, but agreed nonetheless. Selio looked over at Grayson, who clung to Logan's pant leg with a fear-struck look on his face. He walked over a kneeled down in front of the horrified child. "Grayson, you're our last line of defense. Unless you have absolutely no other choice, do not engage." He informed the child, who nodded jerkily. He looked up and surveyed the entire group, "Me and Lucania will be on the ground, dealing with whatever the fuck pops up down there. Stay safe, all of you." Selio saluted them, wondering even himself exactly why he did it, but they all saluted back. Selio turned around, and hopped off of the roof, landing with a 'thud'. Lucania nodded at him, having donned her armor and grabbed her sword.
"Ready to fight some fucking zombies?" Lucania asked. She was joking around, trying to lighten the mood, but he could hear her voice shaking. Selio let loose a grin and knocked her shoulder.
"You fucking know it." He answered as they charged towards the horde.
2 months later, I'm a fucking disgrace. School has been, well it's been school. I ended up not getting the lifeguard job because I was late to my drug test (not by my own volition, I don't do drugs dudes and ya'll shouldn't either. PSA for the week.) But heeeeeey, here it is, enjoy, hopefully the next chapter will be out sooner.
R: Ayyy, the nurse has some sass, I like it. Lucania deffinatly digged way too deep for herself to handle, tho she had that plot armor protecting her. In terraria you die alot, I wonder if we see people dying here, considering there are going to be tons of characters, the house/town (whatever you'll decide) will get attacked at some point. If anyone dies I wonder if there is a replacement for them (tbh I've felt bad the first time guide died from me being careless when exploring underworld with shitty equipment). Terraria Otherworlds was announced a long time ago, good thing that they never siad anything about the release date. Much of the project itself is unknown, but the developers weren't happy with the outcome so they pretty much redone it, so it should be diffrent when/if it comes out then the trailer showed. Still, i'm happy that they took their time with it, rushed games aren't always good. Back on the topic of Lucania, I wonder what is she actually, a npc or a player, because she had some trouble with crafting, unlike Seilo, who is deffinatly the player here. Awesome chapter as always, take your time with the uplouding the chapters, I know school can be taxing at times
A: Oh yes, the nurse has some sass alright. In Lucania's case I wouldn't exactly call it plot armor. What I'm trying to convey with her and Selio are the different kind of skills some players have in Terraria. Selio is better tactically, and is better at crafting, so much so it just seems like an innate thing that happens. It's the same with Lucania when it comes to mining and combat, for reasons I'm not giving away yet she's just good at it. I'm not sure how I'll handle character's deaths yet, but everyone isn't surviving, I can assure you of that.
R:Heheheh! Welcome to Terraria! :D Faved and followed.
A: Why, thank you!
R: Hahaha! That last part with the nurse is funny! Cant wait to read moar!
A: Wait no longer!
R: Ooooooh i love this story, and thats impressive seeing as there are only 4 chapters. I also noticed this a recently made story(its a few months old), so can you pleeeeeeeeease have a new chapter soon i wanna see where this leads, mainly because of Abigail seductively offering help 🙂
A: I'm glad you enjoy it, and I'm sorry it took so long for me to update!
R: Oooh this is a nice fic. I already feel like some shippings are gonna happen in short time :) I hope the nurse dosent get...nasty, with anyone anytime soon. Also am i the only one who thinks Grayson looks up to Selio as an older sibling, or does everyone else think that too?
A: Maybe you're right, maybe you're right. Don't worry about Abigail, she just likes to tease. That's probably the best way to describe their relationship, yes.
R: When's chapter 5 gonna come out? I already got into this story to the point where i wanna see it through to the end
A: Now! It makes me happy to hear you say that!
R: Aww school is of of the main reasons why we get amazing stuff later compared to non-school days. Well i hope that soon there will be a chapter 5, and some flirting that would make Lucania super jelly 😀
A: School kinda rags me down, being an AP student can be a bit tiring. Is Lucania the type to get jealous? Maybe, maybe...
R: I honestly love Terraria, but it really doesn't have a story, but thats ok because this is more or less what fanfiction exists for. I love this fic so far and i dont like that its delayed right now sooooo can you please continue it, and can that nurse possibly come with any more sass and sexy?
A: You're exactly right, I wanted to make a Terraria story and I thought, what about ? Oh, I'm sure good old Abby could crank it up a notch if she wanted to.
I'm pleasantly surprised by the amount of reviews I've racked up for a Terraria story, and all of them positive no less! It really warms my heart, and gives me motivation to keep on writing! All of you have a nice day! Tell me if you catch the reference in the chapter title!